UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 9, 2006

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

 

0-24786

 

04-2739697

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Canal Park, Cambridge MA

 

 

 

02141

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 949-1000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01  Other Events

On June 9, 2006, we announced that we received a “Wells Notice” letter from the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission of possible civil enforcement action regarding our originally filed financial statements for fiscal years 2000-2004, which we restated in March 2005. The full text of the press release issued in connection with this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01  Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release of the Company dated June 9, 2006.

 




 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

 

 

Date: June 9, 2006

By:

/s/ Frederic G. Hammond

 

 

Frederic G. Hammond
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel